Columbian Rock Thread!!!!

[Yard full o' rocks]

How old are your pullets?

They are all 6 months old

 

[chickendude9]

They are all 6 months old

Oh..pew. My CR does not have all those black tail feathers yet and i thought she was a male for a sec...she is 14 weeks old and my Columbian Roch thread proved her to be a pullet.

 

[Yard full o' rocks]

Oh..pew. My CR does not have all those black tail feathers yet and i thought she was a male for a sec...she is 14 weeks old and my Columbian Roch thread proved her to be a pullet.

Here is one of my CR males (at about 9 months old, brood cock for this season), 2 pix, same bird

 

[chickendude9]

Here is one of my CR males (at about 9 months old, brood cock for this season), 2 pix, same bird

Does this seem like a lot of comb and wattle,(Sorry, shes 15 weeks actually) for a female CR??

 

[Yard full o' rocks]

Does this seem like a lot of comb and wattle,(Sorry, shes 15 weeks actually) for a female CR??

At 15 weeks....seems a little early, BUT, definitely a pullet. If she's not laying yet, she will be soon. She looks to have a comb with more than the standard number of points, and that could be contributing to the size. I cannot see her tail feathers, but it looks as though she could be crossed with a delaware. Hackles should be solid black, edged in white

 

[rancher hicks]

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[chickendude9]

At 15 weeks....seems a little early, BUT, definitely a pullet. If she's not laying yet, she will be soon. She looks to have a comb with more than the standard number of points, and that could be contributing to the size. I cannot see her tail feathers, but it looks as though she could be crossed with a delaware. Hackles should be solid black, edged in white

Here are the best pics i could get of her tail feathers. Is she bigger than the average 15 week old CR? She IS the top of the pecking order..

 

[Yard full o' rocks]

Here are the best pics i could get of her tail feathers. Is she bigger than the average 15 week old CR? She IS the top of the pecking order..

Hard to say if she is "too" big just from a picture. Are you certain of her age? My hens weigh in around 8+lbs at 1 yr old. By any chance have you weighed her?

 

[Mheusser]

Your CPR's are just gorgeous! We have a small flock of 6 that came from Scott Brazinsk's flock. We just LOVE these birds. We are planning to show them this fall in the state poultry show. We just had two of the hens go broody and the bitties started hatching out yesterday. They are sitting on about 24 eggs between the two of them!

Bert - our big boy at about 6 months old!







"Blue" - he's a BLUE Columbian Plymouth Rock

 

[Yard full o' rocks]

Your CPR's are just gorgeous! We have a small flock of 6 that came from Scott Brazinsk's flock. We just LOVE these birds. We are planning to show them this fall in the state poultry show. We just had two of the hens go broody and the bitties started hatching out yesterday. They are sitting on about 24 eggs between the two of them!

Bert - our big boy at about 6 months old!







"Blue" - he's a BLUE Columbian Plymouth Rock

MHeusser

I am so glad to see pix of some of my lineage in other places and SO glad to hear there is some broody tendencies. I have 1 Col Rock hen that raised one clutch this year and the one "blue columbian" hen I have is sitting and due to hatch next Sunday. Your cockerel that is standing behind "blue" in the pix with all of them by the nest boxes looks pretty good, nice chest, decent color. Some pretty good lacing on the pullets also. "Bert" should help the hackle color on your females as he is a little "over colored" but that is a GOOD thing....will help to keep your undercolor from getting too light

Keep some pix coming

Scott Brazinski (aka Yard Full O' Rocks)